Development Director

Development Director page is loaded Development Directorlocations: London - Head Office (Euston)time type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todaytime left to apply: End Date: March 13, 2026 (27 days left to apply)job requisition id: REQ- About Lendlease Lendlease is Australia's leading real estate business with International operations. Our core expertise is in Investment Management, Development, and Construction. For more than 60 years, we have created thriving places around the globe.In the UK, Lendlease recently announced a joint venture partnership with The Crown Estate across six major urban regeneration projects in London and Birmingham. The £24 billion GDV pipeline offers opportunities to unlock more than 100,000 jobs, 26,000 homes and 10 million square feet of science, innovation and technology workspace and provides a benchmark for how public and private can work together to deliver growth for the country. As the Master Developer for the portfolio, our focus is on continuing to identify opportunities to generate maximum value from our projects and working with our partners to maximise return on investment, socio economic betterment, and placemaking outcomes. About the Role We are currently recruiting a Development Director to join our £5.5 billion Silvertown project in Newham, at the heart of the Royal Docks and Beckton Riverside Opportunity Area, one of the largest regeneration areas in the UK. The site which has sat largely vacant for 40 years is one of London's last dockland regeneration opportunities. Over the next 15 years we will transform its existing industrial heritage to provide 7,000 homes and 10,000 jobs in an iconic new East London neighbourhood providing town centre amenity for the Royal Docks and a waterside destination for London; a place with industrial character, a radical past, and a bold personality.Lendlease is providing Development Management services to The Silvertown Partnership (TPS) a development joint venture between Lendlease, The Crown Estate and Starwood Capital. TSP has a development agreement with GLA who own the land, and a loan agreement with Homes England.Following a two-year period of focus on planning and renegotiation of the Joint Venture, Land and Loan agreements, the project is now poised for to deliver at speed with 1,000 homes starting design and another 1,000 homes starting on site in the next 12 months, as well as significant enabling infrastructure and the initial phase of ground floor activation of what will become the new town centre for the Royal Docks. Accountabilities Ensure safe outcomes for everyone involved in or impacted by design construction and end use stages. Lead a team with a focus on performance, career progression, development, retention and wellbeing. Build and maintain strong positive relationships with project investors, public sector partners, project teams, the local community and the wider industry, and champion a broader understanding of their drivers, and relative hierarchy in matters of conflict, across all project team processes. Work closely with the Project Director and Commercial Director to ensure all project governance and reporting is carried out in a timely, robust transparent manner, including annual Business Plans, Investment approvals, regular reporting, risk management, and contractual compliance. Inspire and lead the project team to achieve project vision, placemaking outcomes and brand reputation to ensure value creation. Responsible for the financial performance of the project including the inputs and outputs of the overall commercial assessment and assisting the business in achieving business plan targets for each development stage. Accountability for the project operational strategy and ensuring performance of the entire project team against Business Plan safety, sustainability, place and commercial outcomes across investment, procurement, design, planning, construction, handover and estate management stages. Responsible for managing project risks and opportunities which could impact stakeholder relationships, planning approvals and commercial viability of the project. Ensure an appropriate level of engagement and support is maintained from discipline areas, including commercial and finance, capital transactions, investment management, placemaking, infrastructure, construction, social economic, and sustainability to achieve project outcomes. Champion transparency and a thorough understanding of the broader development and client / partner context and seek to bring exceptional solutions that serve the wider Lendlease agenda. About You Proven competency to carry out the accountabilities outlined above. A highly collaborative individual with experience and ability in forming, leading, managing and motivating complex teams and effectively delegating. Strong interpersonal and issue resolution skills, including the ability to upwardly manage internal and external stakeholders. Proven presentation and communication skills, with the ability to make the complex simple and clearly articulate vision and objectives in the language of the target audience and engages others in pursuit of clear strategic goals. A passion for urban regeneration, built form, cities and placemaking and dedication to the ambition and future of Silvertown as a place and community. Strong understanding of all assets classes and market positioning. Experience of delivering residential and /or commercial assets. Demonstrable experience of prioritising and managing outcomes in large scale urban regeneration projects. Through understanding of development and long-term asset management processes. Commercial acumen, decision making and negotiation skills. An understanding and appreciation of the contractual relationships between parties (landowners, partners, local authority, tenants, funders, banks etc.). A desire to think beyond physical transformation and drive socio economic improvements for local communities, and meaningful and inclusive community engagement processes. Relevant tertiary qualifications (e.g. property, engineering, architecture, or construction etc.). Relevant sector experience. Experience of leading community engagement processes on complex development schemes. Experience of planning and delivery of regeneration schemes at master planning stage. Benefits of working at Lendlease Industry leading pension scheme Private medical health benefit and dental plan options Enhanced parental leave Life assurance 25 days annual leave with the option to buy or sell additional days Wellbeing leave Health and wellbeing support and initiatives 24/7 confidential Employee assistance program Discounted gym membership to over 2,500 gym's nation wideLendlease is committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer of choice by engaging, enabling and empowering our people. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. Inclusion sets us all up for success and we particularly encourage applications from currently under-represented groups in our industry including those who self-identify as women, black, Asian, minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/ or disabled.